Ethicality of Human Cloning

Is Human Cloning Ethical?

The idea of human cloning may sound preposterous to a lot of people, but it can actually happen. The thought of human cloning in itself actually happening was introduced when the first sheep ever cloned, “Dolly” was created. On July 5, 1996 the idea of cloning a human was forever changed when Dolly was made, and probably had many doubters about cloning thinking otherwise. Animal cloning was a huge step into the door for cloning to even happen. I’m glad that it happened to, but other people are not because of science fiction making cloning appear to be a negative thing. Laws that can be taken into effect immediately will falter these science fiction fantasies, and counter most negative ideas of cloning immediately. But there are always lawbreakers, and so science should tread carefully in hopes of countering these people who ruin the positive things. Human cloning should be investigated and thought out thoroughly in order for it to become a huge success, as there are many things to be weary of in this kind of biology study. (Goodnough)

What is human cloning exactly? Well by definition, cloning of a human is a human that has grown from a cell of the parent, and has the exact same genes as the parent. Based on that definition, a clone is a genetically based copy of a single person. However, the idea of a clone has changed over the years. They don’t have to be the expected exact replicas anymore. Instead, they can be a different person, not coming from one person, but two different people. This practice is shunned by lots of people, but it is because they are uneducated on the topic. If people knew how many benefits cloning brings to the table, they would probably start supporting it. A clone will not be the ...

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